2017-2018 Fellow

Kaily Wakefield was the second Fellow for The Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest. She received her B.F.A. in drawing and painting from the University of Hawai`i at Manoa (UH), graduating cum laude. After two years working at various non-profit community organizations, Kaily returned to UH earning her Juris Doctor degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law. While at the law school, Kaily served on the board of the Richardson Chapter of the American Constitution Society and worked as a research associate for Professor Williamson B.C. Chang and the Environmental Law Program. Additionally, she earned certificates in Environmental Law and Native Hawaiian Rights Law.

Kaily’s admiration for the Law Center’s work and a desire to help bridge the gap between our government and our communities led her to apply for the Fellow position with the Law Center. Through previous work with Planned Parenthood and the Surfrider Foundation, Kaily has seen the impact that motivated citizens can have when they have access to facts and the opportunity to participate in the democratic process.

2016-2017 Fellow

Sarah Goggans was the inaugural Fellow for The Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest. She received her B.A. in political science from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California and graduated cum laude while earning her Juris Doctorate from American University Washington College of Law (WCL), in Washington, D.C. While at WCL, Sarah was the managing-editor for the American University Business Law Review. Sarah’s experience dealing with government spans into all three branches. During her second year of law school Sarah worked on Capitol Hill as a legislative intern and was a judicial intern for the Honorable Judge John Mott of the Superior Court for the District of Columbia. During her third year of law school she worked as a legal intern within the Department of Commerce’s Office of Chief Counsel for International Commerce and as a law clerk for the U.S. Marshals Service Office of Chief Counsel. Sarah was also the Senior Research Assistant for Professor Andrew Popper’s Administrative Law Casebook. After her fellowship, Sarah joined Shook Hardy & Bacon to work in litigation and public policy.

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